{"product_id":"jesus-and-the-religion-of-the-sun-is-jesus-connected-to-the-worlds-oldest-religion","title":"Jesus and the Religion of the Sun: Is Jesus Connected to the World's Oldest Religion?","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere's no escaping it. From the outset of Christianity, Jesus was often portrayed like a pagan sun god who died and rose again, just like the sun, even in the earliest Gospels.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis connects him to the ancient traditions of sun worship that saturated the world before Christ, like those found in Egypt, Persia, India, Greece, and Rome, and to the even older Religion of the Sun that lies at the root of them all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut how did a Jewish peasant from Galilee become \"the light of the world\"? And importantly, did Jesus make this connection himself?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo answer these questions, we plunge into the world of historical Jesus scholarship to explore some of the most intriguing mysteries about Jesus, such as: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDid Jesus really exist?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat kind of Judaism did he follow, did he believe in the wrathful God of the Old Testament?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhere was he during his \"lost years\"?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDid he travel to India, Egypt, the Americas, or Britain?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWas he an Essene? Was he an Eastern mystic?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWas he an animal-loving vegetarian?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat was his real message?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDid he give secret teachings, and are these preserved in Gnostic texts?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIs he an example of \"Christ consciousness\"?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWere his miracles from divine power or magic?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWere there secretive people helping him in his mission?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDid he really die and resurrect? And if so, did he survive physically or spiritually?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIs the Turin Shroud proof of Jesus' resurrection?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on the latest in historical scholarship, the author reconstructs how the traditions of the Religion of the Sun did indeed weave their way into the very oldest records about Jesus and irreversibly impact Christianity, which preserves the memory of ancient \"sun\/son worship\" up to this day. Through twist after turn, this inquiry leads to the unraveling of a thousands-year-old enigma.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn accessible and easy read for those wanting to explore the many spiritual mysteries about Jesus based on real historical evidence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLARA ATWOOD is an author, researcher, and practitioner of the Religion of the Sun, an ancient religion she and her husband began reconstructing in 2013. She has spent more than a decade researching ancient spiritual traditions, religious texts, and sacred sites from across the world. She runs the website SakroSawel.com where she presents her findings (\"Sakro Sawel\" means \"sacred sun\" in the Proto-Indo-European language).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"None","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47204204019922,"sku":"9780648756552","price":25.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0655\/8980\/5233\/files\/1_fb0a7950-0b2c-4be8-96f0-da6fe4007cd4.jpg?v=1787702552","url":"https:\/\/www.indigo.ca\/products\/jesus-and-the-religion-of-the-sun-is-jesus-connected-to-the-worlds-oldest-religion","provider":"Indigo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}